About Naamah the Amonite

Naamah Naaman, beautiful; agreeable

Smith's Bible Dictionary Naamah (loveliness). 1.One of the four women whose names are preserved in the records of the world before the flood; all except Eve being Cainites. Site was daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah, and sister, as is expressly mentioned to Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22) only. (B.C. about 3550.) 2.Mother of King Rehoboam. (1 Kings 14:21,31; 2 Chronicles 12:13) In each of these passages she is distinguished by the title "the (not an,? as in Authorized Version) Ammonite." She was therefore one of the foreign women whom Solomon took into his establishment. (1 Kings 11:1) (B.C. 1015-975.)

(2) An Ammonitish woman whom Solomon married, and who became the mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 12:13). According to an addition in the Septuagint following 1 Kings 12:24, "her name was Naaman, the daughter of Ana (Hanun) son of Nahash, king of the sons of Ammon" (see Benzinger, Konige, in the place cited.).

NAAMAH (2)

(1) One of a group of 16 lowland (Shephelah) cities forming part of Judah's inheritance (Joshua 15:41).